Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin dies aged 76

'We have felt your love for Aretha and it brings us comfort to know that her legacy will live on. "As we grieve, we ask that you respect our privacy during this hard time".

Funeral arrangements will reportedly be made in the coming days. FOX 2 Detroit News Anchor Huel Perkins is a close friend, and says Aretha was particularly challenged health wise over the previous year but that her spirits were always high.

That same year she was tapped to sing at the memorial service of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. where she performed a stirring rendition of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand".

In recent years she was doted for showing up when called upon, either at ceremonies celebrating the past, or at Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration where she famously wore a metric ton of fabric on her head. She began singing in his church, and she soon began touring and recording, releasing her debut album Songs Of Faith when she was 14.

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She later signed to Columbia Records at the age of 18, with plans to move into secular pop music in line with Sam Cooke's career. Franklin, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, last performed in November 2017 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in NY .

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